Tornado Stalks Kansas City Observed From Stadium
A tornado funnel moved east across Kansas City Kansas with limited damage, striking a garage in Kansas City Kan. A crowd of about 15,000 watched from the Athletics Boston Red Sox game as police directed attendees to stay inside for safety near Union Station and the baseball park.
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Kansas City
Kan
Union Station
Harry Truman
Independence
Kaw
Kansas City Athletics
Boston Red Sox
Erie Area Social Roundup Gathers Local Visitors and Events
Mrs Cora Bailey hosted guests including Mrs Bertha Gibbs of Sedan and Mrs Harold Fitzgerald with others from Walnut Chanute and rural Erie. Er ie band plans Thursday practice for late June Bax ter Springs centennial events. Several residents recoveries noted including Mrs Harold Smith after Pittsburg wreck and Mrs Aggie Sharp from a hip injury.
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Cora Bailey
Bertha Gibbs
Sedan
Harold Fitzgerald
John Audiss
Walnut
Truman Finley
Doris
Chanute
Mildred Ellis
Oregon
Roy Bailey
Cora Rose
Erie
Gerald Sexton
Mercy Hospital
Parsons
Leslie Scoville
Baxter Springs
Fire destroys E. E. Griffith Coal and Lumber Co.
Fire swept through the E. E. Griffith Coal and Lumber Co. in Manhattan Kansas early yesterday, destroying the business premises and stock. No injuries reported and investigators continue to determine a cause.
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Manhattan, Kan
E. E. Griffith Coal and Lumber Co
Lumber Yard Fire Ends in Big Loss for Brothers
Fire officials estimate the damage at 125000 after a blaze at a lumber yard and office, warehouse, four trucks, and power equipment. Police noted the fire started shortly after checks, with insurance covering the lumber firm’s loss. The incident follows a nearby gasoline station fire last month. Both properties were owned by Evan Griffith and Thomas J Griffith.
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Paul Bostick
Lumber Company
Evan Griffith
Thomas J. Grifith
Rasher Former Fair President Dies at 49 in Abilene
Leslie G. Rasher, 49, past president of the Central Kansas Free Fair Assn. and former Abilene Chamber of Commerce leader, died Saturday after a long illness in Abilene. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
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Abilene
Kan
Central Kansas Free Fair Assn
Leslie G. Rasher
Rasher
Hearing on final settlement in Edwards estate Erie
In Neosho County Kansas probate court executor J O Purviance seeks final settlement, fees, and heir distribution for the estate of E W Edwards. Defenses must be filed by July 1 1958 at 9 00 A M in Erie court. Last published June 23 1958.
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Chanute Tribune
State OF Kansas
Neosho County
EK. W. Edwards
J. O Purviance
E. W. Edwards
Erie
J. O. Purviance
Balch & Bailey Attorneys
Chanute
Kansas
Texas Western Company
James A. Abeles
James A Abeles
Chanute Kansas
Mid-America Refining Company
Texas-Western Company
LF Cable
Cecyie Munger
Kansas Texas Western Company
Abby Speed Abbles
Abby Speed Abfles
Kaneas
L H Cable
Cecyle Munger
Air-Conditioned Hair Piece Promoted as Hurricane Proof
New York AP report on Louis Feder hairpieces featuring an air conditioned model touted as light and wind resistant. Ben Kaplan demonstrates fast application and removal in 33 seconds and describes tests on ship deck and in ocean breakers to prove cling and durability.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Fellows
Louis Feder
Ben Kaplan
The
House of
Hairpieces Worn by U S Men Across Ages
Surveys show 8 of 10 American men affected by baldness and about 250000 males wear hairpieces. The range spans ages from 3 to 93. Kaplan notes many people think only entertainers wear them, but he doubts one in a thousand is a performer.
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Kaplan
Cutworms and Chincho Bugs Add Woes to Farmers
In LINDSBORG Kansas AP report McPherson and Saline counties face cutworms damaging mile crops in Marquette and other areas. Elgin Button, McPherson County agent, notes chinch bugs now attack milo after barley harvest. He urges farmers to spray to protect unharvested crops.
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Lindsborg, Kas
McPherson
Saline
Marquette
Elgin Button
Milo
Button
Services to Be Today For Mrs. Inge
Funeral services will be held in Independence for Mrs. Maude Sarah Inge 86 mother of playwright William Inge who wrote The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Bus Stop and Picnic. Inge died Friday in New York where he now resides and has won a Pulitzer prize and a New York drama critics award for Picnic.
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Harold Smith
Mount Carmel Hospital
Pittsburg
Country Club
Golf Links
Ed Leecy
Wichita
Mary Rike
Independence, Kan
Maude Sarah Inge
William Inge
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Frank Conway
Ardmore
Okla
Paul Casady
Conway
Casady
Aggie Sharp
Erie Rest Haven
Helen Pierce
Encino
Calif
Henry Miller
Hollis Dunham
Frank Burtle
Harold Dalton
Long Beach
Cleo I. Dalton
Manhattan
Fair
Aeroduct, Incorporated
Albert H
Ie Wea
Senims
Zenith
Tioga Hotel
Vis
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Thermos
V.u ViewReuw Co
McGraw-Edison
Ste
Air Force
Inge
Krone
Insuran
Lincoln
Ce Agency
Automobile Insurance
Bob Allen Agency
Bldg. & Loan Office
Ques Vay
Donaldson's and
Thrifty
Swift's
Jewell
Jug
U. S
Cen Ctn
Food Chanute
S. Santa Fe
Newberry's
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